This notice announces an administrative change to an existing contract or market (a contract change notice). No new tender or admission is opened here; see the linked notices below for the original opportunity.
Official UK procurement notice
Hearing Service · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Cumberland Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCumberland Council have commissioned a provider to deliver an advice and equipment service for people who are d/Deaf, hard of hearing or have dual sensory loss.
The service comprises four main elements:
- Information, advice and guidance
- Care Act assessments
- Equipment
- Prevention and deaf awareness training.
It will be available to all adults (and young people aged 16-17 in transition from adult social care to children's services) who are d/Deaf, hard of hearing or have dual sensory loss and are resident in Cumberland.
Referrals will come from the council, NHS, other public or third sector organisations, as well as from people themselves.
The maximum budget for this contract for the duration of the agreement ( initial term of 12 months with a potential extension of one up to 12-month period) is £170,150.
CPV: Health services · Social work and related services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Market period
- 1 yr · up to 2 yrs from 1 Sept 2025
- Electronic auction
- yes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£141,791
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality
- Social Value
- Price
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Hearing Service” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Administrative change
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Light touch regime
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 May 2025, 11:51 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2026, 15:23 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-036753- Latest notice
- Contract change notice (UK10)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050c20Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 23 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
2 May 2025 → 19 Aug 2026 · 7 dates- Planning notice published2 May 2025, 11:51 BST
- Next notice expected19 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 12:09 BST
- Clarification questions by16 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown23 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published64 days ago19 Aug 2026, 15:23 BST
Notice history
10 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 May 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published2 May 2025, 11:51 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published2 Jul 2025, 12:09 BSTUK4
- Published value published: £141,7912 Jul 2025, 12:09 BST
- Status changed to active2 Jul 2025, 12:09 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Jul 2025, 12:09 BST
- Deadline published: 23 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST2 Jul 2025, 12:09 BST
- Tender notice published3 Jul 2025, 07:17 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published14 Oct 2025, 11:46 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete14 Oct 2025, 11:46 BST
- Contract change notice published19 Aug 2026, 15:23 BSTUK10
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-07: 1 release · 2 Jul 2025
- 2025-05: 1 release · 2 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 1
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2025
- Value
- £141,791
- Period
- 1 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 · up to 31 Aug 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- There is one up to 12 month extension available.
- Change 22 May 2026 contract amendment published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
1 commercial party on the notice- BID SERVICESAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Registration on The Chest is free
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender